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US based Marriott International said in a statement that it has signed up with Sri Lanka's East West Properties Plc, to open a 200-room hotel in Weligma, in 2014.The 11-storey Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa, will be operated under Marriott's flagship Marriott Hotels & Resorts brand. "Sri Lanka is a destination that has great potential and opportunity and we hope to capitalise...
- Marriott Debuts in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Marriott International to open its first Sri Lankan hotel in 2014 (Category: Breaking News)
- Eastern Beaches (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo last week announced its latest accomplishment as the recipient of the ‘Best Luxury Hotel, Sri Lanka’ award at the Business Destinations 2012 travel awards. The hotel has now entered the ring to do battle with the likes of the Trump Hotel Chicago, Fair Mont Hotel Vancouver and Marina Bay ...
- New GM takes over at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- Overwhelming response to IBM FORUM event hosted in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Fashion Forum begins (Category: Breaking News)
- Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo appoints New Director of Sales and Marketing (Category: Business)
The need of policy framework and regulations for Sustainable Tourism (Economic wealth distribution, protecting environment, promoting social values) was the focal point of Chairman Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Dr Nalaka Godahewa at the evening public lecture organised by the Central Bank
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The first Tourist Hotel built within the Kuchchaveli Tourism Zone in Trincomalee has been opened. Jungle Beach, the new state of the art Holiday Resort was opened by Minister Basil Rajapaksa this morning. Many programmes are being launched in the Trincomalee District to uplift the tourism industry after the complete elimination of terrorism. Accordingly action ...
- Masters and Postgraduate Diploma in Tourism and Hotel Management (Category: Breaking News)
- Janashakthi launches Hotel Plus, Sri Lankas most comprehensive hotel insurance cover (Category: Breaking News)
- Onyx dives into Sri Lankan market (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal-Lanka tie-up for tourism promotion (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has been given permission to set up 300 new hotels. Sources from the Authority say that 200 out of the 300 hotels have not yet carried out an environmental impact assessment (EIA).
Officials of the Consular Corps London are touring Sri Lanka to have a glimpse of the real situation prevailing in the island. A group of members of the Consular Corps London spread throughout the United Kingdom are on a visit to the island to see to themselves the present situation since the liberation of the ...
- Consular Corps of London laud govt’s hospitality (Category: Breaking News)
- UK delegation visiting Sri Lanka emphasizes the need to hold elections in North (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan diplomat in London Consular Corps ex-co (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan diplomat elected to London Consular Corps (Category: Breaking News)
Jun 12, Colombo: Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 17.5 percent in May this year compared to the same period last year, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Tuesday showed.
Sri Lanka has appointed Bhashwara Senanka Gunarathna to take charge of the country’s Tourism Promotion Bureau, starting from today. Gunarathna is currently working as a Director General of the Ministry of Economic Development and also function as the Director of the National Zoological Gardens. His prior experience with the tourism sector has been in his capacity as ...
- Sports Draw (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
– Yapa AbeywardaneBy Sulochana Ramiah MohanDeputy Minister of Economic Development Lakshman Yapa Abeywardane said he ‘does not know’ about the (three) new appointments of chairmen to Sri Lanka Tourism (SLT) and that he will ‘discuss’ with Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa
By our Travel Correspondent Tourism industry, or rather the administration, in the paradise isle has gone back to the 2006 era, where the stakeholder associations and the authorities were pulling in different directions. The whole mechanism had fallen to such low levels that it had come to a stage where the chairman of the Tourist ...
- Tourism industry has recovered strongly since war ended - Yahoo Total Travel (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourism industry has recovered strongly since war ended - Yahoo Total Travel (Category: Breaking News)
- US withdraws Lanka travel warning (Category: Breaking News)
- US withdraws Lanka travel warning (Category: Breaking News)
Earnings from tourism in the first quarter of this year grew at a healthy rate of 28.8 per cent to 268 million US Dollars. Tourist arrivals in the month of April this year rose 9.0 percent in comparison to the same period last year. Data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed that ...
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Despite objections from several quarters, the Ministry of Economic Development is to go ahead with the revamping of several strategic bodies under its purview, including the Board of Investment (BoI) of Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka Tourism, which had come under heavy criticism for inefficiency
A wide publicity has been given to the events unfolding at the Sri Lanka Tourism regarding the resig..
Dr. Nalaka Godahewa has tendered his resignation effective 31 May as chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Tourism Convention Bureau and the Institute of Hospitality Management. However he remains as chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority. ....
- Sports Draw (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
Dr Nalaka Godahewa on Thursday stepped down from three tourism-related positions but said he would continue as Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority.In a statement, he said he was resigning from the posts of chairperson at Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Tourism
- Kimarli Fernando resigns as chairperson of Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sports Draw (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 9.0 percent in April this year compared to the same period last year, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Wednesday showed.
May 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 9.0 percent in April this year compared to the same period last year, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Wednesday showed.
May 16, Colombo: The Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Nalaka Godahewa says that steps have been taken to unite all government bodies related to tourism under one umbrella.
Key Note address by Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, Chairman Sri Lanka Tourism at the 24thandnbsp;joint meeting of the UNWTO commission for East Asia, South Asia and the Pacific: UNWTO high level Regional Conference on Green Tourism held in Chiang Mia Thailand on 3 May 2012.
- Space, Scotland's final frontier? (Category: Technology)
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- Tourism awards for Hobart (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
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Tourism will be great contributor towards the recovery of many economies which have gone through financial difficulties, Sri Lanka Tourism Chairman, Dr. Nalaka Godahewa said.
- Space, Scotland's final frontier? (Category: Technology)
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By Faraz Shauketaly For over thirty years – most everything in Sri Lanka was blamed on the ‘war’. If you were polite it was the ‘security situation’. People late for appointments always had an excuse, ‘the checkpoints’, the Army took so long to check my ID and the Police took even longer at the next ...
- SC upholds Appeal Court ruling against Customs in Nestlé case (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka hands 37 Chinese fishermen to embassy (Category: Business)
- ‘Dubai Suddha’ arrested over sending job seekers overseas without valid licence (Category: Breaking News)
- LTTE sympathizer arrested in India (Category: Breaking News)
President Rajapaksa returns home from his official tour of South Korea achieving many economic and social benefits for the motherland. The President undertook a four-day official visit to South Korea at the invitation of his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak. The President and his entourage including First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa returned to the island ...
- South Korean President lauds Lanka’s development vision (Category: Breaking News)
- President begins his South Korean tour unveiling a new era in friendly ties (Category: Breaking News)
- Three Agreements signed between Korea and Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- South Korea to provide US$ 200 million to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Leading businessmen in South Korea have expressed willingness to invest in Sri Lanka. President Rajapaksa who is currently on an official visit to South Korea met a group of leading business delegates. The South Koean delegates during this meet lauded the high economic growth achieved by Sri Lanka. This progress attracted them to make investments ...
- President invites Korean entrepreneurs to invest in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President leaves on official visit to South Korea (Category: Breaking News)
- President leaves for South Korea (Category: Breaking News)
- President on State visit to Korea next week (Category: Business)
Apr 18, Colombo: Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka from Western Europe jumped over 35 percent in March while arrivals from South Asia declined , the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Wednesday showed.
Sri Lankas tourist arrivals in March 2012 have increased by 21.3 percent compared to the earlier year, while tourist arrivals this year, at the end of March, has exceeded 260, 000, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau data showed on Tuesday.
The apex body for Sri Lanka tourism, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has introduced ..
Apr 16, Colombo: The apex body for Sri Lanka tourism, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has introduced a fully automated licensing system to cater to the growing need of new establishments in the tourism sector.
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Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority is planning to launch an online system to register new tourism establishments in a bid to cater to the growing demand for such businesses in the country. The Authority says, once the automated licensing system comes into place starting from the 1st
- New Tourism Zones are planned in the North and East (Category: Breaking News)
- Regional Consultation on Tourism organized in Colombo. (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exempts transit passengers and children under 12 years from charging visa fees (Category: Breaking News)
- World Tourism Day celebrated in a unique way (Category: Breaking News)
The picture shows the interaction taking place between Sri Lankan tour operators and the foreign tour operators at the ongoing EXPO 2012. Sri Lanka Tourism says over 50 foreign tour operators are taking part in this event. Apart from attending the general presentations organized by the local
- Seychelles plans joint holiday packages for tourists with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- SANCHARAKA UDAWA 2012 OPENED (Category: Breaking News)
- FTI group to operate a cruise line to Colombo port (Category: Breaking News)
- Can joint promotions with other export industries work for Sri Lanka Tourism? (Category: Business)
Intelo Networks (Pvt) Ltd., has developed the first ever digital Tourist Information Kiosks (TIKs) launched recently by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau under the aegis of Ministry of Economic Development. To identify the locations of the Tourist Information Kiosks, Intelo has planned
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